Berghain & Panorama Bar


Touted by many as the best club in Berlin, Berghain is definitely not for asthmatic, weedy types who were always trying to skip gym. In this industrial-style warehouse club you'll find the hardest of Berlin's hardcore pushing squares 'til way past breakfast time. The beats are relentless, the atmosphere hedonistic... And the crowd? Well you're never quite sure if the menacing, bare-chested toyboys are scowling at you, or eyeing you up. Upstairs in the Panorama bar, things are very slightly more civilized - but not much. A friendly crowd processes packets of chemicals into buckets of sweat way into the following day!

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Berghain & Panorama Bar

"Incredible klub. Atmosphere post-human and dark. I arrived at 8.00 a.m., no problems to get in. Exiting experience!"


Italy
Mar.09.2010
Overall rating
4/5

"Top Club, Went Friday nite, got in around 1.30 am, no probs from doorstaff... rolled out around 9am after a wicked friendly night of great music and friendly folks..."

Loonyman
Sweden
Feb.28.2010
Overall rating
5/5

"Everyday people might be a bit put off by this place - so difficult to get in and yet inside the focus is more on getting messed up than the music IMO"

jack
United Kingdom
Feb.26.2010
Overall rating
3/5

"i fancy checking out berlin,but iv been in germany for 3 years live and work here,but its seem everywhere big city i go to like hamburg hannover bremmen they just dont let you in cause your english,so i dont want to waste my time going there and then to find im getting knocked back from everywhere"

adeem
United Kingdom
Feb.20.2010
Overall rating
3/5

"The number one rule for Berghain is *go early*. by that I mean midnight to 1am. After that the bouncers just totally take the mickey. I stood in line for 90 minutes around 3-4am in freezing November conditions, knowing full well friends of mine were inside and that it was super quiet. Meanwhile outside the bouncers were letting the queue proceed at a pathetically slow pace just to make the place seem exclusive. Take my advice and avoid Berghain, Berlin is full of cool pubs and clubs where you don't have to depend on the totally random fancy of weirdo bouncers to let you in."

Pat
Ireland
Feb.16.2010
Overall rating
1/5

"lol Richie H didn't get thrown out! Everyone misunderstood what he said. Anyway, I can't wait to see this place with my own eyes. Any tips getting past the strict door policy?"

Mada
Poland
Jan.26.2010
Overall rating
3/5

"My golly! Such an AMAZING club! I creamed it in there! Really ripped up the floor in my party get up!"

Frank
United Kingdom
Jan.08.2010
Overall rating
5/5

"Dhrr, I not from U.S.A, but bimingham leaving in london, my blonde hair could explain alot?"

michelle barbie jacques
United Kingdom
Jan.04.2010
Overall rating
3/5

"Berghain, 13/12/2009, 8am ish, surpised to hear German tec circa '96 playing in my ear, so swiftly trotted up to Panorma Bar to my relief to hear MY type of music! Yar!!! Loved a flick of the blinds just flashing day light in and the sofa in the loo. I happerly busted some shapes on the dance floor (in same spot 10hrs as you do)? Made friends with the funniest germans. Great venue, looks wrong, yet feels so right! I go back 30th + 31st january. p.s. Richie H, I thought you got thrown out??? "

michelle barbie jacques
United States
Jan.04.2010
Overall rating
5/5

"The Best Club I've ever been to..!! It was like the club in "Blade" movie..! Totally Hedonistic, Underground, Dirty, Sexy, Evil, Satanic, Dionysiac!! Loved it!.. kinda scared at first 'cause of the vampiric atmosphere there,but the crowd was really cool so i blended in naturally! As far as the face control,I think they're ok..they have their standards,they've been in night life for years,so they got to know who gets in and who doesn't.. Act natural and try not to be posh-like.. Panorama is really my most extraordinary memory from Berlin!!! ;P "

Anastasios
Greece
Dec.09.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"VERY,VERY, NICE CLUB AND ATMOSFERE.I THING I COMING BACK."

igor
Croatia
Dec.08.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"I live in Berlin, been to Berghain twice, got in once and refused once. Unless you go early it's not worth it. The bouncers have the most random door policy and are exceptionally smug and horrible!..It's good inside but the atmosphere is not that much fun. Music is good and place is impressive but it's nothing on Ibiza ..Go somewhere else, or you may leave with a bad impression of a brilliant city."

Niamh
Ireland
Dec.01.2009
Overall rating
2/5

"i've been several times in Berghain,and i think that its europe's BEST club by far.i've never been rejected,and i think that the door is one of the most objective.if you really like the music,then you are in.if you go to find girls,better dont try it.just be yourself and i promiss that you're in."

alkis
Greece
Nov.28.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"My god, what a place! As long as you can get by the strictest most random door policy I've come up against, your in and its all good. I arrived at 8am after a night at Watergate, Pamorama bar went on until 8pm the following day, with the most upfront techie house I've ever heard, brilliant crowd and, most importantly, one hell of an atmosphere. This is why this club is almost the best club in the world right now. So get onto easyjet and get your flight booked, your time has come!"

Richie H
United Kingdom
Nov.26.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"Cool club. Good door policy keeps crowd tight and teh building is amazing. The music is really heavy tech house/techno so it's not really comparable to ibiza at all, much cooler and harder, much less happy and fun...I prefer clubbing in Spain or London, matter of taste, but this club is unique"

Jim
United Kingdom
Nov.22.2009
Overall rating
3/5

"Berghain is worth a try at least once but I have to agree I prefer Watergate too. Rich did get in, btw :)"

Kas
Poland
Oct.22.2009
Overall rating
3/5

"Check the running order before you go and ask the bouncer if said dj is playing now. works everytime. or grow a beard and look butch. Don't go there before 6 am. Been going there for the last 4 years never had a problem getting in."

Some arab
United Kingdom
Oct.21.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"God the bouncers must've been dredged up from some sewer in an obscurepart of the unknown universe. Bouncers are masturbating tossers! "

honest officerit wasnt me!
United Kingdom
Oct.19.2009
Overall rating
1/5

"RICH didn't get in!!!!!!!!!! "

pete
Germany
Oct.16.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"berghain isnt worth the wait.. go to watergate, proper quality!"

rich
United Kingdom
Oct.13.2009
Overall rating
1/5

"I got there with me mates on a bangin' night out only to find a queue. I thought to myself "there's no way I'm being merked by some doorman" so I went back to the hotel bar. Picked up a girl, took her to the shower, the rest, as they say, is history. Respec'!"

Lewis
United Kingdom
Oct.09.2009
Overall rating
2/5

"The bouncer wouldnt let us in. So I says to him "Are you tryin' to mug me off in front of my pals?". At which point my mate Fuzz says "Please don't start Ben. I just want go to the casino". So i says "Alright soppy bollocks lets go." I tell you what though if I am ever in Berlin again I'm gonna smash the fuckin' granny out of that bouncer. "

Ben
United Kingdom
Oct.08.2009
Overall rating
3/5

"The bouncers at the club we're so hot, but i couldn't get a kiss........... Boo hoo !!"

George
United Kingdom
Oct.08.2009
Overall rating
2/5

"We had to queue for 35 minutes, my friend Jody tried to explain to the bouncer that he needed to go to the bathroom, but the bouncer was very unhelpful. My friend Jody ended up soiling his pants. All very stressful experience. "

Fuz
United States
Oct.08.2009
Overall rating
3/5

"We queued for 35 minutes and didn't get in. The bouncer made my friend Fraser cry. On the plus side the beers while you are waiting are cheap!"

Jody
United Kingdom
Oct.06.2009
Overall rating
3/5

"I was there on Marco Furstenberg's set and it was amazing... The atmosphere was great!!!"

Matt
United States
Sep.24.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"It's true folks: the door policy is really bad. Yesterday we were in 5 people and only 2 got in. Don't waste your time! Instead, go the Watergate, which has a nicest view and the playlist is very cool! You are really going to enjoy your time there!"

Erica
Brazil
Sep.06.2009
Overall rating
1/5

"This is the worst door policy I have ever seen. The door man did not let me and my friends in because we do not speak German. My friends and I send only one night in Berlin and we did not enjoy night life at all. The club is crap and if you can go somewhere else ….just do it. "

Jack
United Kingdom
Sep.04.2009
Overall rating
1/5

"I forgot to put my rating to 5 out of 5. It always the ones who couldn't get in who hate the place. The door policy is not racist as one of my friends who was with us is not white and actually non of us spoke one word of German. Leave your bad attitude at home and you'll get in! It was so much fun! Almost zero queing as we were there at midnight. Also they prefer mixed sex couples or very small group, not that they have anything against homosexuals but I saw the doorman turn away 5 guys who were together."

Emese
United Kingdom
Sep.02.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"After reading many of the reviews it wasn't rocket science to get in. Be sorber (at least looking), break up into twos or threes if you go with a crowd and look hot, don't talk too much. Music was great, bar staff very cool! Loved the interior, VERY minimalist. So far yes, it is the best club I have been too and I have been to some... P.S.: Leave your digital camera at home as you won't get in with one, they'll take it away but give it back on leaving"

Emese
United Kingdom
Sep.02.2009
Overall rating
3/5

"We were with two people, me and my American friend. I spoke some German and I was Ok but when my friend spoke a word of English, we could not get in anymore... It is a shame since we went for the music, the line up was totally toward the underground but NOW underground is "hip" and you have to be hip to enter ? Basically hip have nothing to do with hipness, it has to do with complete narcissistic lunacy. As a Dj Myself, I find it shameful to play in such a club and support the supremacist/racist door policy. Some argue that they want to keep the club spirit and protect it from the flux of tourist? I think that music is for everybody and the Artist/Dj who came through the underground should not support this attitude and refuse to play in such a club. Here is a dj set inspired by that weekend where we spend Friday night at WATERGATE and we spend Saturday at Club der Visionäre with Dj?//producer RENE BREITBARTH. In this club we were with the djs :-)."

Dj Juan Amir
Netherlands
Aug.31.2009
Overall rating
1/5

"The door policy is completely random. Judge for yourself by the number of taxis waiting to take rejected punters away as you stand in the queue (even just after it opens at midnight). We were lucky but I would say about 30 to 40% of people were asked to "step over to the right"...which means 'you're not coming in'. The biggest rejections seemed to be for groups of 4 or more, girls, hoodies and under 25s. The club is good but Tresor is much better - unless you're into gay-sex in dark spaces, filthy unisex toilets and shitty bar staff - in which case queue for Berghain."

Mike T
United Kingdom
Aug.14.2009
Overall rating
2/5

"Queued for three hours and got turned away offhand. Iv been to clubs all over the world and no matter how good they have been they could all be ruined by a door policy this ridiculous. If your sober and reasonably well presented you should be fine, not here, fuck the Berghein, you give Berlin a bad name."

ThePessimist
Ireland
Aug.13.2009
Overall rating
1/5

"We queued for what seemed like ages and then we were turned away maybe because we were English so we went to Bar 25 instead and after being told about some of the hideousness that goes on in the Berghain I was more than happy"

Dave Lambert
United Kingdom
Aug.10.2009
Overall rating
1/5

"In a nutshell, I didn'think it would live up to the hype of being the best club in the world, but it really does. It's the best and most economically stylish interior of any club i've ever been to, it's like a clean concrete cathedral. The Funktion One soundsystem is as good as it gets too and looks incredible at the four corners of the dancefloor. lighting is perfect and the music, atmosphere and scale of the place is superb. As for the door policy: get there early BEFORE 12:00 when the queue isn't too big, you'll get a stamp which you can get back in with later if need be. never be in a group of more than 3. It helps to be with girls, so if you're not with any then try and meet some in the queue. Don't be lairy or sound like you're too drunk, basicically be composed and polite. As for being english, you quite rightly won't get in if you're acting like the beer-boy stereotype, otherwise you've got the same chance as everyone else. some people just get turned away at random. The queueing part is a nervous experience if you haven't been before, but if anything this makes you appreciate your surroundings even more once you get in. If you get turned away, back-chat and trying to change their minds is totally useless so don't embarass yourself, try another day instead."

yeah
United Kingdom
Jul.28.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"cant give a review as we never made it past the door... the door policy is very strange to say the least! been treading the boards all over the world for the past 17 years & to let people in with back packs was as tourist freindly as u can get. Ended up at watergate after a huge wait but was well worth it. be prepared to be turned away as they were turning away peeps who would have got in to most clubs & if ur english i would say your from somewhere else if u get asked!"

rich
United Kingdom
Jul.20.2009
Overall rating
3/5

"THE best club in Europe. You can't call yourself a clubber and miss this one!"

nickiE
United States
Jun.23.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"WOW. Berghain and Panorama - legendary places. i can't believe i was there!!!"

Pippi
United Kingdom
May.26.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"great club, just greaT!"

b4rt
Poland
May.22.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"This clup is one of my Favorite places in the World!!!!1st night i was there was there till 2 pm in the Afternon,and the Vibe was still Amazing...saw other people having problems at the Door,but was there 3 times in 1 weekend and never had a problem...just fallow the advise from other comment...just be chill and normal....Absolutly love it here,and so badly want to go back,and show true friends,the tru way!!"

Anthony
United States
Apr.10.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"Totally awesome club - !"

Keith
United Kingdom
Mar.23.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"I went to panorama on sat night.. Got there at 12 and left at 4pm. What an amazing place will defo go back again.. Music was relentless, atmosphere was wicked better than anything in ibiza!!!! x"

Den
United Kingdom
Mar.18.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"less is more ;)....not sure what the dress code is to be honest...?? Stay at Hotel Q..really great. bye"

Zulio
United Kingdom
Mar.13.2009
Overall rating
3/5

"hey! i'm heading over to berlin in a bit and i want to go to berghain so bad and i was wondering what the usually dress code is, if there is one for girls???"

Anna
Ireland
Mar.12.2009
Overall rating
3/5

"Awesome place!! Got turned away the first time (speaking English by the door is not a good idea apparently)... really weird door selection. Next time went with a German friend and kept our mouths shut. Had an amazing time! Once in a lifetime kind of thing..."

Veronica
United States
Mar.12.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"firstly, the club is awesome, amazing place. i went on a friday so just upstairs open, music great, pretty heavy but it fits the surroundings perfectly..people v nice inside, really mixed bunch, thought drinks werent too overpriced..only gripe would be the door policy, v odd...they were turning away people who u wud think fit perfectly with the clubs "style" and letting in people that you may think stumbled across bar by mistake?? also 2 of my friends didnt get in as bouncer said "english not welcome, get out of here"...nice...maybe he was bullied at school...other than that, amazing place, wooohooo! "

Zulio
United Kingdom
Mar.09.2009
Overall rating
4/5

"awesome awesome awesome, thanks to the wonderful taxi driver who insisted that we would have a better time here than the place we asked him to drive us too!!! Clubbing like it used to be, fecking loved it!!! next time I will fly to berlin, cab club, dance, 48hrs later cab, airport home! "

Lib
United Kingdom
Jan.19.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"Wow.... coolest place iv ever been to. I would say more but it's only been 2 days since i was there and I'm still pretty much speechless."

Bonez
Canada
Jan.18.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"I LOVE this club. Berlin is now one of the only cities you can go 24 hour clubbing in. London is sadly lacking now...."

Jonny
United Kingdom
Jan.14.2009
Overall rating
5/5

"I went with my girlfriend at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, no problem at the door,beautiful peoples,music and the place....amazing....the best place for me...."

massimiliano
Italy
Nov.25.2008
Overall rating
5/5